tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034355575156935322.post-52331450202423579542018-02-14T09:58:00.001+01:002018-02-14T09:58:15.407+01:00First the knife but then Juve’s assassin turns into a Sunday League fat bloke | Barney Ronay<p>Gonzalo Higuaín followed up a stunning volley with a penalty to put Tottenham on the rack but missed a second spot-kick that may prove Juventus’s Champions League undoing</p><p>For all the goals and the garlands Gonzalo Higuaín still carries a shadow. There is an argument Lionel Messi would already be safely enthroned as the greatest modern footballer if only Higuaín could finish in the big matches, a wonderful striker who seems destined to fall short at the very, very last. A losing World Cup final, two losing Champions League finals: only in the vertiginously cruel gimlet eye of elite football could this be seen as failure.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/13/juventus-tottenham-hotspur-champions-league-match-report" title="">At the Allianz Stadium</a> Higuaín seemed to be in the process of handing Tottenham and Harry Kane a lesson in exactly how games at this level are won: not with a flurry of punches but with a knife between the ribs.</p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/feb/14/juventus-tottenham-gonzalo-higuain-assassin-fat-bloke-champions-league">Continue reading...</a>Football | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2Btb5ny Harry colehttps://plus.google.com/116836760245395209061noreply@blogger.com